Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Cardiss Collins (1931- )
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bell hooks/ Gloria Jean Watkins (1952- )
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Douglas Turner Ward (1930- )
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Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950)

Explore Global African History

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Niger Delta Conflict, 1990s–
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Kenneth Kaunda (1924- )
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Iman Kerigo (1992- )
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Axum (ca. 100 B.C.E.-ca. 650 A.D.)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Peru
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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
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The History of Allensworth, California (1908- )
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Racial Uplift, Black Power, and Reparations on the Kansas Frontier: Abram T. Hall, Edward P. McCabe, and John W. Niles

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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